49 immigrants found by Border Patrol at Falfurrias checkpoint

U.S. Border Patrol agents found 49 people suspected of illegally entering the country during two incidents Thursday, authorities say.

Agents on Thursday found 38 people locked inside a tractor trailer driven by a U.S. citizen at the Falfurrias checkpoint along U.S. 281.

Nine people suspected illegally immigrating into the U.S. were found on a flatbed truck on Thursday, as well. People were sweating profusely due to the lack of ventilation and extremely hot temperatures, Border Patrol said in the release.

The drivers of the vehicles face human smuggling charges, the release states.

All of the immigrants declined medical attention.

http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/immigrants-found-by-border-patrol-at-falfurrias-checkpoint/article_43ee68ca-eaba-11e4-b244-bf7eafc5c126.html (McAllen Monitor)